O posibila masina capcana a explodat sambata seara la Londonderry, in Irlanda de Nord, a anuntat politia, responsabili politici de prim plan condamnand imediat un "act de terorism", relateaza AFP.



Politia a publicat pe Twitter o fotografie a locului exploziei, în fata unui tribunal, în al doilea oras ca marime din provincia britanica.
″Politia este mobilizata la locul incidentului în centrul orasului Derry/Londonderry”, au scris pe Twitter fortele de ordine. “Facem apel la rabdare si cooperare din partea populatiei si comerciantilor în momentul în care începem ancheta noastra”, potrivit mesajului.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bishop Street Closed<br><br>STAY AWAY<br><br>Suspected Car Bomb <a href="https://t.co/S3cFu3zy0i">pic.twitter.com/S3cFu3zy0i</a></p>&mdash; PSNI DC&amp;S District (@PSNIDCSDistrict) <a href="https://twitter.com/PSNIDCSDistrict/status/1086720603061665792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fosta sefa a provinciei, Arlene Foster, lidera a DUP, partidul ultraconservator nord-irlandez, a denuntat “un act de terorism în zadar” pe care l-a “condamnat în termenii cei mai fermi”, în timp ce ministrul de externe al Republicii Irlanda, Simon Coveney, a “condamnat un atac terorist cu masina capcana”.

În perioada Tulburarilor (the Troubles), conflictul dintre republicanii nationalisti si loialistii unionisti a însângerat provincia britanica vreme de trei decenii, dar în 1998 Acordul din Vinerea Mare a pus capat varsarilor de sânge, în special eliminând posturile militare de control la frontiera.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The scene in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Derry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Derry</a>’s Diamond where a car bomb had exploded outside Derry Court House on Bishop Street <a href="https://t.co/4JumfQoUSo">pic.twitter.com/4JumfQoUSo</a></p>&mdash; Leona O&#39;Neill (@LeonaONeill1) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeonaONeill1/status/1086725474527690752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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